One confounding factor is that people don't fail alone (or succeed alone) - at least in anything really interesting. So to really dig into failure it is not en

One confounding factor is that people don't fail alone (or succeed alone) - at least in anything really interesting. So to really dig into failure it is not enough for an individual to share - the culture around the person needs to share and support the discussion. Otherwise the failure sharing effort is doomed to failure. (Post mortem culture is a bit of an answer here but difficult to initiate). I think this is why the classic tragedies have withstood the test of time - they generalize failures wise people have witnessed and are great learning material (with surface entertainment as bonus!). I strongly recommend reading some of them with the perspective of being a student of human behavior.